{"id":638734,"date":"2026-03-15T18:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T01:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=638734"},"modified":"2026-03-15T18:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T01:28:08","slug":"harvard-collects-2027-verbal-from-illinois-state-champion-yuri-plaksin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/harvard-collects-2027-verbal-from-illinois-state-champion-yuri-plaksin\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Collects 2027 Verbal From Illinois State Champion Yuri Plaksin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Harvard Collects 2027 Verbal From Illinois State Champion Yuri Plaksin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW COMMIT:\u00a0<\/strong>Harvard University has received a new verbal commitment* for Fall 2027 from <strong>Yuri Plaksin<\/strong> out of Vernon Hills, Illinois. Plaksin is a Junior National qualifier specializing in backstroke and sprint freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>He will join\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/italys-francesco-ceolin-euro-juniors-finalist-lends-2027-verbal-to-harvard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Francesco Ceolin<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>as a member of the Crimson&#8217;s Class of 2031.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, he said the following regarding his commitment:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000\"><strong>&#8220;GO CRIMSON!!&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Plaksin, who does his club swimming with RISE Aquatic Club, finished seventh in the 200 free, 12th in the 100 back and 19th in the 50 free at Juniors West back in December. 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